A Visit to the New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins, CO.

OK, so this post is about 6 months late, but I didn’t have a blog back then, and now I do.

Last September, I made a trip out to Denver, CO to visit my brother and cousin. I did a lot of fun stuff while out there, but by far the highlight of the trip was a tour of the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins. Anyone that knows me personally will tell you that I act like a living advertisement for this company. I show up to every social situation with at least a sixer of New Belgium Beer with me, usually Fat Tire or 1554. Yeah, it can be awkward at first when I show with beer at my Grandma’s birthday party, but it usually helps gets the rowdiness started.

New Belgium also has an amazing reputation as a trend-setting environmentally conscious company. I encourage you to read about their commitment to sustainability.

OK, picture time.

Proof I was there, and that I can ride a bike.

A view from the outside.

The bar. I’m guessing this is what Heaven looks like.

Blue Paddle, 1554, Abbey, Trippel…did I mention this was all free?

A random view from behind the bar.

There was funky stuff all over the place, like this muralesque thingy.

Shiny vats. I believe this is where the magic happens.

Correction. THIS is where the magic happens.

A crappy picture of the bottling line, with floating ghost people.

Silos of some sort outside. I’m assuming these are filled with deliciousness.

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Barack Obama: ‘A More Perfect Union’ Video

Watch Barack Obama’s ‘A More Perfect Union’ speech, made in Philadelphia on March 18, 2008. Watch and listen.

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Robots, dogs, monsters, etc…

I’m a big fan of explodingdog. I have been for about six years, on and off. “Sam’s” style is pretty dynamic, although grounded by a few common themes. He’ll go through some style phases that cause me to lose interest, but typically comes back with some amazing stuff. Personally, I prefer his darker and more abstract work.

He’s posted some pretty amazing stuff over the past two or three weeks. Just a couple examples:

02.22.08 – they’ll never really know

02.25.08 – none of this makes sense

Now go subscribe to his RSS feed! Do it!!

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Space is awesome when things explode!

An unnamed coworker of mine recently blogged about my displeasure with the current state of our space program (it’s boring). But if we keep doing stuff like this, you can sign me up for the NASA newsletter.

So I guess I’m hoping for more failures from NASA so that we have excuses to blow things up.

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